Mr. Berardi was born in Waterbury on June 4, 1942, son of the late Michael A. Berardi and Antoinette (Viola) Berardi.

He is survived by a brother, Michael Berardi, and two sisters, Gene Zanor and Mary Lou Lachman. Francis also had four children with his former wife, Rachele Cuccinello: his son, Francis Berardi Jr., and three daughters, Antoinette Oddon, Jennifer Berardi and AnnaMarie Berardi; also four grandchildren, Rachele Daverso, Francis Berardi III, Wayne Oddon and Carissa Berardi; three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

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